Agent-oriented software engineering: the state of the art

  • Authors:
  • Michael Wooldridge;Paolo Ciancarini

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • First international workshop, AOSE 2000 on Agent-oriented software engineering
  • Year:
  • 2001

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Software engineers continually strive to develop tools and techniques to manage the complexity that is inherent in software systems. In this article, we argue that intelligent agents and multi-agent systems are just such tools. We begin by reviewing what is meant by the term "agent", and contrast agents with objects. We then go on to examine a number of prototype techniques proposed for engineering agent systems, including methodologies for agent-oriented analysis and design, formal specification and verification methods for agent systems, and techniques for implementing agent specifications.